Between Two Hires

Tom Wilkinson

In this podcast, our host Tom Wilkinson is joined by seasoned business leaders who’ve seen it all and can share their wisdom and show their battle scars. The goal is to help avoid as many unnecessary mistakes as possible and establish a growing knowledge base for effective, sensible ways of scaling teams at rapid-growth companies. read less
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Between Two Hires with special guest Misha McPherson [Ep 5]
Apr 25 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Misha McPherson [Ep 5]
In episode 5 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Misha McPherson, a sales enablement expert, and Tom Wilkinson discuss the importance of hiring for sales teams to include the need for a focused hiring process, strong communication between sales and recruiting teams, effective pre-boarding and onboarding, and asking insightful interview questions to assess candidate motivations.

Episodes

Between Two Hires with special guest Misha McPherson [Ep 5]
Apr 25 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Misha McPherson [Ep 5]
In episode 5 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Misha McPherson, a sales enablement expert, and Tom Wilkinson discuss the importance of hiring for sales teams to include the need for a focused hiring process, strong communication between sales and recruiting teams, effective pre-boarding and onboarding, and asking insightful interview questions to assess candidate motivations.
Between Two Hires with special guest Todd Busler [Ep 4]
Apr 18 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Todd Busler [Ep 4]
In episode 4 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Todd Busler, co-founder of Champify, and Tom Wilkinson discuss hiring and interviewing strategies for scaling SaaS companies, his weirdest interviews, and the importance of aligning on hiring criteria (Looking beyond direct experience, and understanding candidates' interests and passions).
Between Two Hires with special guest Nellie Aube [Ep 3]
Apr 18 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Nellie Aube [Ep 3]
In episode 3 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Nellie Aube and Tom Wilkonson discuss Nellie's experience in hiring and managing sales teams, hiring ‘nightmares,’ unconventional interview questions, and advice on hiring for ‘hunger’ over ‘skill.’
Between Two Hires with special guest Matt Cameron [Ep 2]
Apr 18 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Matt Cameron [Ep 2]
In episode 2 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Matt Cameron and Tom Wilkinson talk about Matt’s stories of his best and worst hires, the importance of diversity in reference checking, secret recruiting tactics, unconventional interview questions, and the most important wisdom he wishes he knew earlier in his career.
Between Two Hires with special guest Liam Mulcahy [Ep 1]
Apr 17 2024
Between Two Hires with special guest Liam Mulcahy [Ep 1]
In episode 1 of Between Two Hires (The Subtle Art of Not F#*ckin Up Your Team), Liam Mulcahy and Tom Wilkinson discuss the importance of back channels in hiring, the value of persistence and adaptability in candidates, the need for a structured onboarding process, and the significance of actual performance data from references compared to theoretical interview assessments.